''The Duke of Mount Deer'' is a Hong Kong television series adapted from

Louis Cha Louis Cha Leung-yung (; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (), pronounced "Gum Yoong" in Cantonese, was a Chinese wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") novelist and essayist who co-founded the Hong Kong dail ...

's novel ''

The Deer and the Cauldron ''The Deer and the Cauldron'', also known as ''The Duke of Mount Deer'', is a comic historical novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha), the longest of his novels and the last to be published but chronologically it is the eighth novel. It was initially pub ...

''. It was first aired on

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and ...

in Hong Kong in 1998.

Synopsis

Wai Siu Bo is the son of a prostitute who works in a brothel in Yangzhou. After joining the Heaven and Earth society he heads to the Capital and gets enrolled into the service of the Grand Eunuchs. There he becomes friends with the young emperor Hong Hei (Wai mistakes the emperor as another young eunuch) and falls in love with the emperor's younger sister, Princess Kin Ning. His adventures in the Forbidden City leads him into discovering the empress dowager as an impostor; finding several volumes of the prized 42 Chapters which contains the location of a treasure cave; helps the emperor kill the baddie courtier, Lord Obai; and see his position rise from humble eunuch to a grand courtier and confidante of the emperor.

Cast

: ''Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.'' *

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as Wai Siu-bo *

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as Hong-hei Emperor * Rain Lau as Princess Kin-ning * Cherie Chan as Seung-yee * Vivien Leung as Ah-or, Chan Yuen-yuen * Michelle Fung as So Chuen * Hilary Tsui as Fong Yee * Chan On-kei as Tsang Yau * May Kwong as Muk Kim-ping * Law Koon-lan as Wai Chun-fa * Ching Hor-wai as Empress Dowager *

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as Hoi Tai-fu * Ricky Wong as

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as Chan Man-leung, Chan Kwong *

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as Prince Hong * Danny Summer as Chan Kan-nam * Pau Fong as Hung On-tung * Celine Ma as Mo Tung-chu * Wong Wai as Ng Sam-kwai * Mark Kwok as Cheng Hak-song * Andy Tai as Ng Ying-hung * Law Ho-kai as

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* Wilson Tsui as To-lung * Tang Ying-man as Cheung Hon-nin * Yeung Tsi-to as Chiu Chai-yin *

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as Tong Yeuk-mong * Peter Lai as Ming-chu * Wah Chung-nam as Lei Tsi-sing * Kwong Tso-fai as See Long * Chan Chung-kin as

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* Lee Kong-lung as Ng Luk-kei * Cheng Ka-sang as Tsui Tin-chuen * Chan Wing-chun as Fung Tsai-chung * Choi Kwok-hing as Chin Lo-bun * Yu Tin-wai as Taoist Yuen-tsing * Sit Chun-kei as Kwan Fu-tsi * Fong Kit as Ko Yin-chiu * Cheung Chun-wah as Ka Lo-luk * Chan Tik-hak as Chung Chi-ling * Che Po-law as Fat Monk * Wong Chun-hong as Thin Monk * Cheung Hon-ban as Luk Ko-suen * Lee Ka-keung as Muk Kim-shing * Lok Tat-wah as Lau Yat-chow * Tang Yu-wing as Ah-see-ha * Leo Tsang as Muk-lei-ma * Wong Sing-seung as Pan-po-yee-sin * Ho Pik-kin as Kang Ching-chung * Au Ngok as Seung Ho-hei * Kiu Hung as Ng Chi-wing * Wong Man-piu as Officer Ha * Chan On-ying as To Hung-ying * Yau Wai-chan as Lau Yin * Irene Wong as Tsui-cho * Siu Cheuk-yiu as Sui Tung * Lee Wong-sang as Wai Hak * Yau Biu as Leung Kau * Ng Man-sang as Siu-kwai-tsi * Tong Chun-ming as Wan Yau-to * Leung Chiu-ho as Wan Yau-fong * Mak Tsi-wan as See Chung * Cheng Lui as Taoist Mo-kan * Lee Tsi-kei as Yan Kam * Cheung Hung-cheung as Hui Wan-ting * Ling Hon as Cheung Tam-yuet * Leung Kin-pin as Cheung Lo-sam * Wong Wai-tak as Pak Hon-chung * Lee Wai-man as Pak Hon-fung * Wong Tin-chak as Lo Yat-fung * Wong Chi-wai as Pa-long-sing * Pok Kwan as Yeung Yat-chi * Lai Suen as Mrs Cheng * Kwok Tak-shun as Fung Sek-fan * Lilly Li as Kau-nan * Cheung Kwok-keung as Shun-chi Emperor * Sun Kwai-hing as Master Yuk-lam * Tam Yat-ching as Ching-kwong * Yu Tze-ming as Ching-koon * Tam Chuen-hing as Ching-tung * Toi Siu-man as Ching-sam * Ma Kim-kwong as Ching-sek * Chun Hung as Hang-tin * Lee Chi-wah as Ching-bun * Lee Chi-wai as Ching-ching * To Shek-man as Lau Tai-hung * Cho Kei as Ng Lap-san * Chun Wong as Mau Sap-bat * Wong Sun as Chong Wan-sing * Shek Wan as Sze-to Pak-lui * Man Kit-wan as Third Mistress Chong * Hung Tsi-hoi as Sung-tsing Emperor * Lui Kon-man as Pan-to * Wong Siu-lung as Chai Yuen-hoi * Yu Ying-ho as Tang Ping-chun * Yau Man-shing as

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* Lee Hung-kit as Master Pa-ngan * Hui See-man as Shaman's wife * Law Kwan-tso as

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* Leung Chung as Fung Nan-tik * Chan Chi-hung as Master Hoi-chung * Kwok Cheuk-wah as Hon-tit-mo * Wan Yu-hung as Man Kwan * Yip Chun-shing as Lam Hing-chu * Ho Kwok-wing as Ko-lei-chun * Lau Hiu-tong as

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* Koo Ming-wah as Chiu Leung-tung * Ngai Wai-man as Cheung Yung * Tang Yu-chiu as Wong Chun-bo * Cheung Hak as Suen See-hak * Law Kong as Kwai Sun-shu *

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as Kwai Yee-neung * Chan Min-leung as Kwai Chung

External links

''The Duke of Mount Deer'' official page
on TVB's website {{DEFAULTSORT:Duke Of Mount Deer, The 1998 Hong Kong television series debuts 1998 Hong Kong television series endings TVB dramas Works based on The Deer and the Cauldron Hong Kong wuxia television series Television series set in the Qing dynasty Television shows based on works by Jin Yong